One-bag, carry-on, light travel tips, techniques, and gear

I love my year-old Samsung, but Asus — the company who pretty much invented the netbook — has some very tempting new models. The 1005PE is under three pounds, has a 250GB drive, and boasts up to 14 hours of battery life. I’m a little skeptical of Windows 7 OS for a netbook though. There’s a cheaper version, the 1001p, with 11 hours of battery for under $300. Any netbook user should consider down(up)grading to XP. The current version of my Samsung comes with XP, which saves you the trouble of re-installing when you dump 7. It’s a little pricier than the ASUS models but the N110 should be a solid machine.

Update on March 25, 2010 by

Frank@OBOW

Men, some hard-won advice: If you buy a netbook, get a black one. I’m absolutely sick of hearing how cute my white Samsung is! I thought things looked larger when clothed in white. It’s enough to make me consider covering it in skull-and-crossbones stickers or something. To be honest, I got a white one just to aggravate my Mac-using son. I should have known.

SAMSUNG N110

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